European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strikes d Frank hired other prostitutes says i knew it was wrong Page 2 d palme s widow has no doubt of killer s guilt Page 3 d Cheney stands by findings on Iowa blast Page 5 d imports had Best worst Gas mileage in Epa Survey Page 9 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.48,no. 156 wednesday september 20, 1989c7 Good Momma d 8693 a Cheney unveils expanded Durale f or  to crops iniwr6ft drugs by Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington stating that the threat of illicit drugs strikes at the heart of the nation s  de sense Secretary Dick Cheney monday  the Broad outlines of his plan to step up the Mil Jujj participation in the narcotics War. This is a High priority Mission vol Lyl said at a Pentagon news briefing.  have the ability to make a  to the inter diction Effort and  the attack on illegal drugs from abroad Cheney Hajj Jwuc role of . Troops in foreign coun at arc battling diff for will remain limited to  added thai the current level of 5&2mhsqj.s. Advisers in Peru Bolivia and As Many As several Hun  he did not definitely in i Uhn ii in i role for . Troops at some time in the ing Only that there has been no request from an. Host country for the Active use of . Military per  when asked what his response would be if such a request were made. Cheney said that would be a mat Ter for president Bush to address. He also declined to say what his advice to Bush in such a situation might be. Sec related Story. Page 5. On another Issue Cheney made it Clear that the military will not gel involved in shooting Down suspicious aircraft entering the United states if those planes disregard warnings to land As has been called for by some hard line lawmakers. Do not have and do not wish to have the a. As Law enforcement  he said. The  made a mistake under such a policy we would Lia Cheney s plan Calls Onute Wuido military Corn see cher4ev&niteck Page Ugo pounds puerto Rico As toll rises san Juan. Puerto Rico a Hurricane Hugo pounded puerto Rico Mon Day with 125-Mph winds after ripping across other islands in the Eastern carib bean leaving at least 14 people dead and tens of thousands homeless. The National weather service said Hugo the most powerful storm to hit the Region this decade slammed into the Eastern lip of puerto Rico and skirted the Northern coast before moving West Northwest toward the dominican Republic and the Southern Bahamas. At 10 30 p.m., the Center of the Hurri Cane was about 125 Miles Northwest of san Juan according to the National weather service in Florida. It said Hurricane warnings were Dis continued for puerto Rico and the . And British Virgin islands. Civil defense authorities in the dominican Republic declared a state of emergency and the country s four inter National airports were closed. Late monday puerto Rico Goy. Rafael Hernandez Colon said he Wilt ask president Bush to declare the Island a disaster area after a tour showed that at least 27,900 people were made homeless by the storm. The governor and police super Inton Dant Ismail Betancourt said there were no immediate reports of Hurricane re lated deaths on the Island but that poor see Hugo on Back Page a puerto Rico resident walks past n rocked air planes at the san Juan Airport after Hurricane Hugo slammed into the Island. Bush defends slow Pace of soviet arms talks Helena Mont. A president Bush defended the slow Pace of arms negotiations with the soviet Union on monday. He also said it s not time for normalcy in relations with China despite a gradual increase in contacts since june s bloody crackdown on student dissent in Beijing. In a wide ranging session with reporters in the ornate Senate chamber of the Montana legislature Bush said reforms in Hungary had made it possible to extend new economic privileges to the communist nation. After the news conference the president flew to Spokane wash., where he had dinner with House speaker Thomas s. Foley in Foley s Home District. The president emphasized environmental issues Ona swing through South Dakota Montana and washing Ion and he defended his decision not to travel to alas a to View the Oil spill damage in Prince William sound. See photo i Mijc 5 he said he was hopeful that Winter will be kind in restoring environmental conditions in alaskan  said he d sent his environmental vice president to inspect the cleanup efforts and predicted that Exxon would come Back next Spring if further clean up was necessary in the Wake of the Oil spill from the Exxon Valdez. The president also vowed to fight on the floor of the democratic controlled House to win passage of his plan for a Cut in the capital gains tax and said his plan is not As my critics say a tax that will help the  he also said any attempt by colombian drug leaders to retaliate on americans Lor the Bush administration s drug program would bring Down the Wrath of the american people and the american  Bush fielded several questions on the soviet Union few Days before the scheduled meetings of Secretary of state James a. Baker 111 with soviet foreign min ister Eduard Shevardnadze who has criticized the administration for not advancing any major proposal on Long Range  Why there had t been More Progress on a strategic arms agreement Bush noted he had put Early emphasis on conventional  acknowledged rumours that Shevardnadze would bring a new arms proposal to the United states during meetings later this week but said "1 Don t know what he s going to bring. We Haven t had thai  he added i think our handling of the soviet a count is prelim Good. I think inc chief Point is docs the soviet Union understand that we want to Sec their see Bush on Back Page